A Visit to Paris in 1814: Being a Review of the Moral, Political, Intellectual, and Social Condition of the French CapitalLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816 - 343 Seiten |
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Seite 246 - And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee ; And no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; And the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee ; And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee...
Seite 246 - And a mighty angel took up a stone, like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, thus, with violence, shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Seite 246 - ... shall be heard no more at all in thee; and the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee; for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Seite 132 - London, such abominable conduct would prevail among them, that they would become insufferable nuisances ; — whereas, in Paris, there is nothing seen painfully to offend the eye, and this is enough to satisfy the Parisians that they ought not to shock the' mind. But the truth is, that grossness of conduct is the natural and becoming barrier that stands between virtue and vice, — it proves that the two are kept totally distinct, that the partizans of the latter feel themselves proscribed, rejected,...
Seite 166 - ... relish for the charms of nature, — the shallow sophistications and cold forms of artificial systems are their favorites; they can see nothing but simple facts, they cannot detect causes, consequences, and connections, and (what is worst of all) their actions are not indexes to their hearts.
Seite 139 - Such is the Palais Royal ; — a vanity fair' — a mart of sin and seduction ! Open, not on one day of festival, or on a few holidays, — but every day of the week. Every day does it present stimulants and opportunities to profligacy and extravagance, — to waste and riot, and idleness. It is there — always ready to receive the inclined, to tempt the irresolute, to confirm bad habitfe, and dispel good resolutions.
Seite 31 - A French diligence merits particular notice as a trait of character, as well as a novelty. As a carriage, its external appearance indicates it to be a mixed species formed by the union of a waggon with a stage coach; but let me confess, that however unprepossessing its look may be, its qualities realize many of those advantages which are found to result from crossing breeds. It certainly is not so strong as a waggon, nor so lightsome, or swift, as one of our Highfliers; but to much of the security...
Seite 60 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast, and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process; And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.